who?

[in_extremis]

WHO: Everybody's getting a text! Yes, you!
WHERE: The network, man
WHAT: Tony realizes Jon is gone, and tries to reach out for some help :)
WHEN: A little while after Jon's disappearance
WARNINGS: There's a flashing gif in the link. Mark it if you get weird in here.
NOTES: Tony's a little indisposed, but you should treat this as a kind of network free for all. Who are you getting messages from? Who are yours going to? Did you even type that? It is a mystery!

Something isn't right. The message might come from someone you were just having a conversation with, it might come from someone you've never heard of before, or it might come from your entire list of contacts at once. However it comes, it's a flood, sudden and violent, a series of the same message until it stops just as suddenly as it began. If you're the type to check, you might find your whole message history, from the first time you made an awkward introduction to the heartfelt reassurance you've gone back to read a dozen times now, every message reads the same: GIVE HIM BACK

Comments

OTA

[ezra_of_lothal]

Give who back?

[itsamysterio]

Has someone else gone missing?

[ezra_of_lothal]

Maybe. I haven't looked at the directory yet.

[itsamysterio]

That, or did someone take something they weren't supposed to?

[ezra_of_lothal]

Possible. But I think it's about a person.

OTA

[foundlingfather]

What's going on? Give who back?

[happybeeps]

Who is this? Did you get all those messages too?

[foundlingfather]

This is Mando. Who is this?
I got them, yes. Any idea who sent them?

[happybeeps]

It's Poe. No idea. Never seen anything like this before. You think it's for us? Or for them?

[foundlingfather]

Don't know. Hard to tell. But if everyone got these. Then I would assume it was for them.

[happybeeps]

Think it's about one of us then, or something else all together?

[foundlingfather]

If it's one of us, then we need to figure out who. [He's considering. He's not a communications expert after all.]

Whoever sent it is not happy. [Or didn't seem to be.] We may have limited time. [For what? He has no clue, but if whoever sent it can screw with the comms...]

OTA

[wearingthestars]

Who is this?

[kyley_b]

dude is it talking to you or your brother?

[wearingthestars]

If I could bring anyone back I would have.

[kyley_b]

i just figured you're the only twins here
like maybe somebody was trying to fuck with you cos of your husband. i dunno.
but you're ok?

[wearingthestars]

Who would want to do that??

[kyley_b]

i don't know. the atroma or whatever? the bad aliens

[wearingthestars]

They haven't done anything like that to us before now.

[kyley_b]

then i dunno.

it's fucking creepy

OTA

[heeeyadora]

Stop it!

OTA

[itsamysterio]

Who?

OTA

[happybeeps]

Do we need to do a headcount?

[no_applause]

That might be prudent. It would be helpful to know who is missing.

[happybeeps]

If anyone even is. Message might not even be for us. Maybe someone else out there is looking to get someone back?

[no_applause]

That's a good point. It's very concerning either way.

[doubled_speed]

Someone better make me the world's largest burrito if I do it.

[happybeeps]

Whoever you are you'll have to tell me what a burrito is.

[doubled_speed]

Uh... That's sad. Flour or corn tortilla, stuffed with seasoned meat, rice, beans, and other veg, rolled up."

OTA

[cannot_flinch]

No.

[hadthehighground]

No?

[cannot_flinch]

I thought it might bring out the culprit. Playing on their anger.

[hadthehighground]

An interesting strategy, though it doesn’t seem to have worked.

[cannot_flinch]

No. I think it might be an automatic script sending the message over and over again. The creator has probably walked away.

[hadthehighground]

That is very likely.

Either way this is disturbing. Someone is obviously missing and this is hardly a constructive way of handling it.

[cannot_flinch]

We have to let them grieve. They're angry now but it will roll on as grief does.

[hadthehighground]

Yes, as it does.

[He certainly knows a thing or two about grief. Though it’s certainly preferable not express it in such a disruptive manner.]

Yet I don’t see how trying to play on their anger is going to help anything.

[cannot_flinch]

The venting of anger is the goal. This is a temper tantrum which is not as healthy.

[hadthehighground]

I find meditation works better.

[cannot_flinch]

The person who did this does not strike me as someone interested in meditation.

[hadthehighground]

No, I suppose not.

[cannot_flinch]

We can only wait and see what happens.

ota

[noch]

I do not have him.

[deal_me_in]

[Well that's not foreboding at all. The fact that the entire backlog of messages has been replaced with the same three words does nothing but bring an unpleasant chill of a sensation.

The first question to come to mind isn't too unlike that voiced by others already.

The second is if he really wants to know who that person is that's gone missing.

The third is if his suspicions are right.

The Hunter does not waste his time with messages. He's out the window and off to find things out his own way.]

OTA

[no_applause]

This is very concerning. Who is this? What is going on?

Tommy Shepherd - Marvel 616 - OTA

[doubled_speed]

I would if I could, man.

[itsamysterio]

Would what?

[doubled_speed]

Give whoever back.

OTA

[dr_riley]

Who is this? How did you get this number?